South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 46A > Chapter 11A – Mediation of Drainage Disputes


§ 46A-11A-1	Statewide mediation program to assist property owners in resolving disputes over surface or subsurface water drainage
§ 46A-11A-2	Staff services provided by Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
§ 46A-11A-3	Fees–Farm mediation operating fund
§ 46A-11A-4	Contracts for mediation services
§ 46A-11A-5	Parties to drainage dispute, property owners, and governmental entities affected by drainage activity–Meeting notice–Publication of public notice
§ 46A-11A-6	Written agreements
§ 46A-11A-7	Confidentiality of information
§ 46A-11A-8	Immunity of mediators
§ 46A-11A-9	Intervention in mediation process

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2